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Two marines in 1970 Vietnam receive a dead soldier to store in a
refrigerator before his remains are sent back home. But the man’s corpse was sent to the marines too early: he
regains consciousness and awakens, terrified out of his mind.

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Two marines in 1970 Vietnam receive a dead soldier to store in a refrigerator before his remains are sent back home. War has taken its emotional toll on these young men and they discuss the best way to permanently attach the dead man’s ID tag to him – by stomping his dogtag into his jaw. The man’s corpse was sent to the marines too early: he regains consciousness and awakens, terrified out of his mind. Somehow the exhausted men find humor in a grim close call.

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Jim Beaver was born in Laramie, Wyoming and attended Irving High School in Texas (where he was a classmate of ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard), but he transferred in his senior year to Fort Worth Christian Academy, from which he graduated in 1968. He also took courses at Fort Worth Christian College. Despite having appeared in some elementary-school plays, he showed no particular interest in an acting ... view full profile